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@Ynot_UK What you are saying makes sense. It is something I have been putting off doing for some time. I've been doing a little research and plan to get the site secured in the next week or so. My host already provides a certificate on the Cpanel and most of the site is Wordpress, so a plugin...

My printers' nostalgia website "Metal Type" has a "Free Ads" section where letterpress-related items can be advertised For Sale or Wanted. Adverts can contain photographs and automatically expire after 90 days. Once approved, ads are displayed on most site pages, and details are sent to the...

I have a quantity of offset litho inks that are looking for a good home in the UK. I am not looking for a lot of money for them, make an offer! Full details in this PDF List: http://j.mp/1fmOqU5

The June edition of the Metal Type newsletter is now out. This month's video was filmed in the grounds of Metal Type HQ (OK, my back garden!) and there's a chance to see some letterpress equipment and type that I've recently saved from the scrap-heap - it's all looking for good homes. Some of...

The May edition of the printers' nostalgia website Metal Type's newsletter is now out. I'm pleased to say that this month's video is an "outside broadcast" - I filmed it in York city centre, in Dean's Park in the grounds of the historical Gothic cathedral known as the "Minster." Fans of...

The March edition of the Metal Type newsletter is now out. This month's video was filmed at the National Railway Museum in York, showing a huge steam locomotive that was built for the Chinese railways in 1935. The big Metal Type news this month is the opening of the "Library" - a new section...

Re: Printing/Typesetting Nostalgia Site Hi, thanks for all your replies - It's nice to see some interest in the old letterpress heritage from people still in the trade. I'm still looking for submissions to the [Metal Type|http://www.metaltype.co.uk] website. If you have a story to tell, or...

Hi, my name's Dave Hughes from York in the UK. I worked in pre-press many moons ago when molten lead was the name of the game. I was a Linotype Operator with asbestos fingers! I now run a website called "Metal Type" that has hundreds of photos and videos of those letterpress days...